Ben Burns
Hello! I am a first-year PhD student in Georgia Tech CSE advised by Peng Chen. My interests are in the mathematics of generative modeling and in AI4Science.
Until recently, I was an undergraduate at UMass Amherst studying math and CS, and was honored to be advised by Markos Katsoulakis and Benjamin Zhang.
I am passionate about computer science education, especially for introductory courses. During my time at a UMass, I was an Undergraduate Course Assistant (UCA) for Formal Language Theory, a Head UCA for both Algorithms and Foundations of Programming, and a UCA program coordinator. I am proud to have been recognized with one of the inaugural Lifetime UCA awards.
blog
| [2024-07-15] | Navigating the UMass CICS Course Requirements |
| [2024-05-21] | Advice for UMass Math/CS undergrads interested in research |
| [2024-04-21] | UMassCTF 2024 writeups |
| [2023-06-25] | "Missing Skills" not taught by the UMass CICS curriculum |
news
| [2024-10-21] | I presented a poster on PDE perspectives on score-based diffusion models at SIAM MDS 2024. |
| [2024-08-19] | I started my PhD at Georgia Tech CSE. |
| [2024-06-24] | I presented a poster on PDE perspectives on score-based diffusion models at CAIMS 2024. |
| [2024-06-17] | This week I am attending QMSS 2024 at Queen's University. |
| [2024-05-01] | I was honored with one of the inaugural Lifetime UCA awards. |
| [2024-04-20] | I authored four challenges for UMassCTF 2024 this weekend. |
| [2024-04-19] | I presented our mean-field games approach to score-based diffusion models in the UMass Theory Seminar and at Mass URC this week. |